Gloria Bordenca organized a group of volunteers to craft 250 warming bags for patients at the Kraft Family Blood Donor Center at Dana-Farber and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Bordenca’s daughter was treated at Dana-Farber.

For the past 27 years, Dorchester retiree Eric Hall has come to the Kraft Family Blood Donor Center at Dana-Farber and Brigham and Women's Hospital to donate platelets. Hall made his 583rd donation, which places him second on the all-time donor list at the center.